Portsmouth Assembly of God Church

Portsmouth Assembly of God Church is a Assemblies Of God church at 1805 Des Moines Avenue in Portsmouth, VA 23704. It is one of 213 churches in Portsmouth.

1805 Des Moines Avenue, Portsmouth, VA, 23704

Shares a ministry location with Holy Light Church of Deliverance.

Portsmouth Assembly of God Church is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 487 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Virginia — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.

Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.

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The community around Portsmouth Assembly of God Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Obesity: 53.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 48.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 47.5% (30.1–64.8%)
  • Social Isolation: 41.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 35.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.4%
  • Diabetes: 26.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 25.4%
  • Unemployment: 14.9% (6.9–23.0%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.2%
  • Depression: 23.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Portsmouth city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 818 residents.

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